Food review: Koi Restaurant at Thunderbird Hotel and Casino Binangonan

 I've read so many bad reviews about the restaurant here and I've also experienced it myself when we tried their dinner buffet back in 2009. I was so hesitant to eat here last Saturday but since it was a long drive from the hotel to the nearest resto in Antipolo, we decided to stay and try the resto again.

BAD IDEA.

We ordered yang chow fried rice and beef kare-kare (which boasted of having US beef angus). The yang chow fried rice was so bland, I felt like I was eating plain white rice especially if I closed my eyes. The beef kare-kare was the biggest disappointment. Priced at P450, you'd at least expect a little bit of goodness in there. The serving looked promising but that was where it all stopped. The bowl had so much creamy sauce in it but with very little of the actual food you were supposed to eat. The US angus beef they boasted of were so few and so little! Grabe ah, eh sa Kanin Club nga 4 na kame hinde pa namin naubos yung kare-kare sa dami! I didn't want to complain too much cus I knew it would upset my husband who wanted to try the resto but I stopped eating after a few spoonfuls. I couldnt take the blandness and the absence of beef in our food.

Obviously, I didn't even bother taking pictures of the food. What for? 

We shouldve taken that extra 30-minute bakc and forth trip to Hap Chan instead. I wouldve been a very happy girl. Oh well..